#36BBD1#36BBD1

#36BBD1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.114 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#36BBD1
RGB	rgb(54, 187, 209)
HSL	hsl(189, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(189, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.2%, 10.5%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -27.81, -21.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 35.01, 217.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.0976 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.114 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7953, 40.9247, 66.5855)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#36BBD1 #D14C36

analogous

#36D19A #36BBD1 #366ED1

triadic

#36BBD1 #D136BB #BBD136

tetradic

#36BBD1 #9A36D1 #D14C36 #6ED136

square

#36BBD1 #9A36D1 #D14C36 #6ED136

split-complementary

#36BBD1 #D1366E #D19A36

monochromatic

#1A6672 #2692A4 #36BBD1 #68CCDC #9ADDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#36BBD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#36BBD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #36BBD1

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##36BBD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##36BBD1	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B4D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A5D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #36bbd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(54, 187, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.114 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84cfdf',
    500: '#36bbd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #36bbd1;
$custom-light: #84cfdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#36bbd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 54,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.516,
    "s": 62.753,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73155,
    "c": 0.1142,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#36BBD1

secondary

#D3998F

accent

#5942E6

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #36BBD1

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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